Michigan trying to avoid another momentum crash vs. Wisconsin

Free Press sports writer Mark Snyder analyzes Michigan's vital road win over Indiana and how it affects U-M's résumé on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Video by Mark Snyder, DFP.(Photo: Kirthmon F. Dozier, DFP)As Michigan eyes its path to the NCAA tournament, the players say they’re looking ahead and trying to imagine the future.

But the past offers lessons about why the Wolverines are in their current state, with only two top-50 wins and struggling all season to gain momentum.

U-M coach John Beilein explained it simply Wednesday: “Prosperity has not been a friend to us so far this year. When we play well, we have lost a little of that edge we need.”

In building its 16-9 record entering Thursday’s game…